Minutes Oct 20, 2010
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The Academy for Lifelong Learning Advisory Committee met on October 20, 2010. The Curriculum Committee passed out a working calendar for the Spring semester and still had many open class periods to fill. The Events and Trips Committee discussed upcoming bus trips in November and December and trips planned for early 2011. The Communications Committee continues to send out weekly newsletters and notices. Membership has grown to 442 people, including 135 new members. The Meet You There Committee discussed past and upcoming activities outside of classes. Cheryl thanked volunteers and discussed getting a microphone system and standardizing the class attendance process. The meeting adjourned at 12:15 PM and the next meeting was scheduled for November 17,
Minutes Oct 20, 2010
- 1. Minutes Academy for Lifelong Learning Advisory Committee October 20, 2010 MOD – Room 101 Present: Cheryl LeJune, Anne Criddle, Gene Chism, Leta Towle, Sarah Walter, Sharon Samson, Genevieve Chism, David Timmermeyer, Marsha Dugger, Judy Vela, Carol Edwards, Lily Gaytan 11:15 AM Call To Order Cheryl LeJune called the meeting to order and welcomed members and guests. Committee Reports: Curriculum Sarah Walter passed out a working calendar (as of 10-19-10) for the Spring semester. The dates were gone over and some corrections made. It was suggested that we have no classes (except drawing) during the school’s Spring Break (March 14-18). We all need to help fill in the open times. We still have lots of open class periods that need to be filled. Time is running short, so please make your contacts and book those classes. Remember that we operate on a first come / first serves basis….but we may still have to shift a few classes around to accommodate some of the professor or speaker schedules. Put your thinking caps on…..come up with some new things. Thanks for everyone’s assistance in this process. Call or email with any questions. Also remember that I’ll need the Speaker Forms completed and returned to me ASAP….including a couple of sentences for description. Submitted by Sarah Walter Events and Trips Bus Trips On Saturday, October 16 thirty –five members of ALL group visited the 1940 Air Terminal Museum at Hobby Airport. We had a docent led tour of the museum, enjoyed a hot dog lunch and a slide show presentation about the history of aviation in Houston, and then saw some actual planes on the field. While there, several Southwest Airlines planes taxied past prior to take-off. Here are our bus trips for the remainder of the fourth quarter: Monday, Nov 22 – Tour of Eagle Point Rum Distillery, lunch at Top Water Grill, visit to Kemah. Cost is $4 for the tour plus lunch and any shopping.
- 2. Saturday, Dec 11 – Lost Pines Christmas in Bastrop, cost TBA Here are our bus dates for the first quarter of 2011 and our tentative plans: January 30, Sunday: Danevang (http://danevangtx.org/museum.html) February 3. Thursday: Bellville and Newman's Castle (http://newmanscastle.com/) March 27, Sunday: Texas State Railroad Liz Gannon has volunteered to coordinate the Danevang trip , Marsha Dugger is planning the Newman’s Castle and Bellville trip, and Sharon Samson the Texas State Railroad trip. Submitted by: Sharon Samson Committee members: David Timmermeyer, Ann Candela, Ginny Harwell, Peggy Presnell, Ann Candela, Connie Nelson, Carol Edwards, Joan Camenson, Susan Chapman, Judy Vela, Cynthia Hobart, Donna McCarty, Liz Gannon , Marsha Dugger Communications We continue to send notice of classes and cancellations in ALL the News weekly. For ALL to Read is also sent by email on a weekly basis. Members are attending classes and activities with great enthusiasm. Our membership has grown to 442 members. Included in this number are approximately 135 new members. Submitted by Leta Towle and Gene Chism Outreach – No Report Publicity – No Report Cheryl is looking for someone who enjoys writing to come up with an informational/human interest article about ALL on the Cy-Fair campus for submission to area newspapers and other media. Meet You There Report On September 25, twelve people went on the tour of Wunderlich Farm and eleven people went to lunch at Strack Farm Restaurant. On October 12, thirty-two people attended the Railroad class and eighteen people went to lunch at China Inn Café. Eighteen people went on a tour of Gulf Coast Railroad Museum. Future Dates: November 5: Tour of AJ Foyt Showroom (9:30 AM) followed by lunch at Spring Creek BBQ (11:30 AM) December 7 – ALL is reserved for 20 people and lunch must be prepaid by 16 of November Tour of Brookwood Community (9:30 AM) followed by lunch at Café at Brookwood (11:45 AM)
- 3. Working on next year’s calendar. Possibly Vintage Antiques in February (17?) Submitted by Donna McCarty Action Items We are still looking for an Events Committee Chair. We may not be holding a Fall Fling this year. Comments Cheryl thanked those who worked at the ALL table at Cy-Fest. She also mentioned her appreciation to those who attended the working meeting on budget and events. The college is going to be ordering a table cloth with the ALL logo. Cheryl will also look into getting a portable microphone system to help those class members with a hearing impairment. As it is difficult to read some of the members’ hand writing when they fill out the class attendance sheets, we may be asking them to include their student ID number along with their name. For those who do not bring their student ID’s with them, the class facilitator will need to use the registration list at the back of the attendance book to fill those numbers in. This might also require an update in the attendance form. Gene could mention this new procedure in the ALL the News. 12:15 PM Adjourned This meeting was adjourned at 12:15 PM. The next Advisory Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 11:15 AM in MOD 2 – Room 101. Respectfully submitted Anne Criddle, Secretary